Jack Lowe Three people have voiced the same exhaustion and despair to me just this morning. Hang in there. Life is tough for so many just now. The one thing we do have is each other and the belief that better ways of living are possible.

Love this post from LittleHen33 whose middle child found our Molly at the The Lit and Phil, Newcastle's beautiful independent library.

Jack Lowe I’m increasingly spending my time trying to create space for these conversations. And to nurture the grassroots regenerative acts of community and world repair that we need. The most important thing is to open people’s eyes and nurture activism in whatever worlds they inhabit.

PlayfulAnywhere Angela Fell- Northern ❤️ & Soul. Citizen of Wigan. Gill Wright 🖤 Northern Heart & Soul CIC All of the playful community (on here at least) are like lovely people velcro

I don’t follow football but love to be able to follow the score of #NUFC matches from the roar of the crowds across the rooftops two miles away.

LittleHen33 It’s rife, isn’t it?

I find we’re generally only one sentence away from hearing how peeps are REALLY doing once the polite small talk is over.

Anthony McDonald Jack Lowe Yes. Optimism only WITH activism. Optivism perhaps, action fuelled by hope.

LittleHen33 How it stated and how it’s going.

Can barely see the gaps between the rolls now and they’re starting to sprout a bit

Alison Stenning A doubler!

LittleHen33 PlayfulAnywhere Definitely in the company of Yorkshire Sculpture Park…
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PlayfulAnywhere And get a lemon doughnut x.com/chrisfluming/s…

MarburyBirds Where is Nature meant to live?🦉🐦🦋🌻🌳🦌🐞 Rockcliffe in Dumfries and Galloway is magical, Alnmouth in Northumberland, and call in at Manjushri KMC in Cumbria, for delicious vegan food and a stroll to the coastline through their magical woods.

Mister Wookie Thanks Mr W ☺️

Jack Lowe Star & Shadow Cinema fixit Still haven’t made it there. I’d love to see the next Northern Industrial Evolution be one centred on recycling, repairing and reimagining. These fix it cafes are brilliant examples of that. Plus hubs of community spirit and hope.

Keane Duncan for Mayor And turn it into a vibrant community with affordable housing for locals?

Trisha Greenhalgh It just never made sense. Anyone with an olevel in biology should have realised the only thing people were helping out was the virus.

Doug Jack Lowe We all need to help each other answer truthfully to the question ‘how are you?’

I think many of us say ‘fine’ or ‘not bad’ as we don’t want to burden others with our grief, anxiety, sadness or despair. I think it’s ok to be honest. Feelings being acknowledged can be affirming.

Dr Robert Bohan There is a gull at work who waits outside the campus shop at 7.50 until it opens every morning for its piece of stale croissant. I can tell what time it is as I cycle in depending on where it is.